Understanding unjust enrichment / edited by Jason W. Neyers, Mitchell McInnes and Stephen G.A. Pitel

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.02/9
• Soggetto topico: Unjust enrichment
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): NeyersJason W.; McInnesMitchell; PitelStephen G. A.
• Note generali: A collection of articles based on Understanding Unjust Enrichment, a symposium held at the University of Western Ontario in January 2003
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes index
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Understanding Unjust Enrichment: An Introduction -- Jason W. Neyers -- 2. The English Law of Restitution: A Ten-Year Review -- Andrew Burrows -- 3. Unjust Enrichment (Dis)Contented -- Gerald H.L. Fridman -- 4. Unjust Enrichment and Unconscionability in Australia: A False Dichotomy? -- Michael Bryan -- 5. Understanding the Unjust Enrichment Principle in Private Law: A Study of the Concept and its Reasons -- Kit Barker -- 6. Unjust Enrichment and Corrective Justice -- Dennis Klimchuk -- 7. Two Theories of Unjust Enrichment -- Peter Jaffey -- 8. Enrichment Revisited -- Mitchell McInnes -- 9. Planting Another's Field: Unrequested Improvements Under Jewish Law -- Ernest J. Weinrib -- 10. Unrequested Benefits in German Law -- Thomas Krebs -- 11. Tracing and Unjust Enrichment -- Robert Chambers -- 12. Disgorgement for Breach of Contract and Corrective Justice: An Analysis in Outline -- Peter Benson -- 13. Characterisation of Unjust Enrichment in the Conflict of Laws -- Stephen G.A. Pitel -- 14. Restitution on Dissolution of Marital and Other Intimate Relationships: Constructive Trust or Quantum Meruit? -- John D. McCamus -- 15. Legitimating 'Legitimate Expectations': A Case Study on Filial Responsibility; Can Parents Recover for Supporting Their Children at University? -- Jeffrey B. Berryman -- 16. The Relation of Unjust Enrichment to Other Legal Concepts -- Stephen Waddams
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a collection of articles based on Understanding Unjust Enrichment,a symposium held at the University of Western Ontario in January 2003. The articles, written from the perspective of English, Australian, Canadian, German and Jewish law, deal with numerous theoretical and practical issues that surround restitution and unjust enrichment. The articles outline recent developments across the Commonwealth, explain the unjust enrichment principle and its component parts, and address discrete issues such as tracing, choice of law, disgorgement damages for breach of contract, and the use of unjust enrichment in the cohabitation context. The contributors are Kit Barker, Peter Benson, Jeffrey Berryman, Michael Bryan, Andrew Burrows, Robert Chambers, Gerald Fridman, Peter Jaffey, Dennis Klimchuk, Thomas Krebs, John McCamus, Mitchell McInnes, Stephen Pitel, Stephen Waddams and Ernest Weinrib
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding unjust enrichment
• ISBN: 1-84731-690-5; 1-4725-5956-8; 1-280-80838-1; 9786610808380; 1-84731-097-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451348503321
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